-
Index of Solutions
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Chapter
- Additional Information
I N D E X O F S O L U T I O N S Indexed below are commonly favored solutions along with a selection of other proposed solutions that still find some support among modern editors and riddle solvers. Riddle Favored Solution Wind Uncertain Shield Sun Whistling Swan Nightingale Cuckoo Barnacle Goose Cup of Wine or Spirits Ox Ten Chickens Horn Fox Anchor Uncertain Amphora Ship Other Profiosed Solutions Storm Bell, Millstone, Flail, Quill Pen Chough, Jay, Jackdaw, Thrush, Wood Pigeon Gold, Night Ten Fingers Badger, Hedgehog, Porcupine, Weasel Weapon Chest, Ballista, Fortress, Forge, Inkwell Falconry, Writing Index of Solutions 225 Riddle Favored Solution Other P r ~ o s e d Solutions Sword Sword-Swallow (Hawk), Phallus Plow Charles's Wain and the Month of December Circling Stars Bow Magpie Jay Onion Bible, Book Mead Uncertain Horn of Yew, Wine Cask, Lyre, Damascened Sword, John Barleycorn Moon and Sun Tree, Wood Bagpipe Ship Iceberg Rake Coat of Mail Ship Bellows Ox (Bull Calf) Uncertain Speech, Dream, Death, Time, Moon, Cloud, Day Earth, Nature Dagger Sheath Creation, Nature Water Cock and Hen Soul and Body Key Bread Dough Lot and His Family Bookworm Chalice Paten Oven Bookcase, Falcon Cage, Pen Fire Quill Pen and Fingers Flail Broom, Well Buckets, Yoke of Oxen A Feast of Creatures 22 6 [3.238.251.21] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 14:07 GMT) Riddle Favored Solution Other Profiosed Solutions Battering Ram Churn Uncertain Web and Loom Swallows Well Sweep Chalice Uncertain Helmet Borer, Gimlet Glass Beaker Ship Onion Creation, Nature Bible, Book Iceberg Lyre Lighthouse Sword Ox Spear, Lance Uncertain Piss Oyster Lamprey Horn Weathercock Harrow Gold Water Fish and River Spear, Cross Weapon Chest, Sword Rack, Cross, Scabbard, Shield Starlings, Swifts, Jackdaws, House Martins, Gnats, Bees, Raindrops, Musical Notes Rune Staff, Reed Pen, Cross, Kelp Weed Shirt Brand, Poker, Fire-Rod, Flaming Arrow Falconry, Writing Shepherd's Pipe, Shuttle (in conjunction with following riddle) Ship's Figurehead, Water, Cuttlefish, Siren, Soul, Swan, Sea-Eagle, Quill Pen Hound, Elk, Christ (each with a different reading of the runes) Ore, Money Index of Solutions 2-27 Riddle Favored Solution Other Proposed Solutions One-Eyed Seller of Garlic Bellows Inkhorn Uncertain Uncertain Key Beech / Book Inkhorn Nature, Creation Uncertain Leather Bottle, Flask Woolen Web and Loom, Lamb of God, Cynewulf Keyhole Book, Wandering Singer, Moon, Quill Pen, Dream, Riddle, Prostitute, Soul A L P H A B E T I C A L I N D E X O F S O L U T I O N S Solutions from the previous index are listed here alphabetically. Favored solutions are listed in roman type; other proposed solutions in italics. Amphora 16 Anchor 14 Badger 13 Bagpipe 29 Ballista 15 Barnacle Goose 8 Battering Ram 5I Beech / Book 88 Bees 55 Bell 2 Bellows 35, 83 Bible 24, 65 Book 24,65, 91 Book / Beech 88 Bookcase 47 Bookworm 45 Borer 60 Bow 2 1 Brand 60 Bread Dough 43 Broom 50 Bull Calf 36 Chalice 46, 57 Charles's Wain and the Circling Stars to Chickens 1 1 Ckougk 6 A Feast of Creatures 228 [3.238.251.21] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 14:07 GMT) Christ 73 Churn 52 Cloud 37 Coat of Mail 33 Cock and Hen 40 Creation 38, 64, go Cross 51, 53, 58 Cuckoo 7 Cup of Wine or Spirits 9 Cuttlefish72 Cynewulf86 Dagger Sheath 42 Damascened Sword 26 Day 37 Death 37 December 20 Dough 43 Dream 37, 91 Earth 39 Elk 73 Falcon Cage 47 Falconry z 7, 62 Figurehead 72 Fire 48 Fire-Rod 60 Fish and River 81 Flail 2, 50 Flaming Arrow 60 Flask 85 Forge 15 Fortress 15 Fox 13 Gimlet 60 Glass Beaker 61 Gnats 55 Gold 9, 79 Harrow 78 Hawk 18 Hedgehog 13 Helmet 59 Horn 12, 76 Horn of Yew 26 Hound 73 House Martins 55 Iceberg 31, 66 Inkhorn 84, 89 Inkwell 15 jackdaw(s) 6, 75 l a y 6, 22 john Barleycorn 26 Kelb Weed 58 Key 42, 87 Keyhole 87 Lamb of God 86 Lamprey 75 Lance 71 Leather Bottle 85 Lighthouse 68 Lot and His Family 4 4 Lyre 26, 67 Magpie 22 Mail Coat 33 Mead 25 Millstone 2 Money 79 Month of December 20 Moon 37, 91 Moon and Sun 27 Musical Notes 55 Nature 38, 39, 64, go Night 9 Nightingale 6 One-Eyed Seller of Garlic 82 Onion 23, 63 ore 79 Index of Solutions 2-29 Oven...